Get ’Em Up

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This song finds Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger detailing a robbery-gone-stupid. Speaking to Loudwire, Kroeger said about the track: “I’ve always wanted to write a song… Read More

Nov. 18, 20141 viewer5.3K views

Get ’Em Up Lyrics

[Verse 1]
His driver’s license said James, he went by Jim
A gangster wannabe, yeah baby, that was him
He stole his uncle’s 44 last Friday night
Said if I wanted in, we’d have to plan this thing just right
We’ll need the gloves, we’ll need the bags, a couple masks
We’ll need to steal a car with windows tinted black
We picked the nearest bank on Main and 17th
We wrote down every line from every movie that we’d seen
Screamin'...

[Pre-Chorus]
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (Yeah)
We want your cash, open the safe, get off your phone
Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home

[Chorus]
Get 'em up
And get down
Reach for the sky
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Get 'em up
And get down
Reach for the sky
Then go ahead and kiss the ground

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[Post-Chorus]
Get 'em up
Get 'em, get 'em up

[Verse 2]
A freshly stolen Mustang small block 302
Drove past the bank a dozen times this afternoon
The only parking spot was half a block away
Gave us time to practice just exactly what to say
Screamin'...

[Pre-Chorus]
This is a robbery now, get down on the floor
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (Yeah)
We want your cash, open the safe, get off your phone
Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home

[Chorus]
Get 'em up
And get down
Reach for the sky
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Get 'em up
And get down
Reach for the sky
Then go ahead and kiss the ground

[Post-Chorus]
Get 'em up
Get 'em, get 'em up
Get 'em, get 'em up

[Bridge]
The only thing I wish that one of us had known
That it was Sunday and the god damn bank was closed
Too bad we didn’t see the cops across the street
We dropped our guns and tried to run and there went all our dreams of screamin'...

[Pre-Chorus]
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (yeah)
We wanted easy street and now we’ll never know
Somebody call my mom and tell her I ain’t coming home

[Chorus]
Get 'em up
And get down
Reach for the sky
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Get 'em up
And get down
Reach for the sky
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Get ‘em up

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This song finds Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger detailing a robbery-gone-stupid. Speaking to Loudwire, Kroeger said about the track: “I’ve always wanted to write a song about a bank robbery. If I couldn’t be involved in a bank robbery, I gotta write a good one. My band members still haven’t figured out that this is a metaphor from an instance early on in my life.”